Cop Body Cam was turned off before killing the innocent man, but the phone was caught
A Columbus peace officer has been relieved of duty in the week after shooting an apparently innocent man who was holding nothing but a phone. Neither the victim nor the cop has been identified. However, protests are already within the works. According to police, they received a call Tuesday evening, which they stated as a “non-emergency call,” a couple of men sitting in a car. in keeping with police, the caller said the person was turning the car on and off — which never warrants a call to the police and shouldn’t even warrant a response — as he could’ve simply been functioning on his car. Police responded anyway. in step with police, the person in question was visiting a relative at the house and once they arrived, he walked toward them holding his phone. None of the responding officers had activated their body cameras. According to police, as they walked toward the person , he walked toward them along with his cellphone in his hand. At now , one office